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What You'll do & have experience in

As a Senior Indirect and Withholding Tax Technologist, you will:

• Support digital transformation initiatives for indirect and withholding taxes, including projects like NGBC, NGCS, Tax Compliance Tool, and ViDA
• Pro-actively drive the digital transformation of SAP’s Global Tax Function by identifying indirect and withholding tax technology needs, focusing on automation and compliance standardization
• Collaborate with Global Tax Team members, Tax Process Managers, and IT teams to identify, plan, and execute opportunities for indirect and withholding tax process optimization and automation
• Support Global Tax Team members user acceptance testing (UAT) and end-to-end (E2E) testing for indirect and withholding tax projects
• Willingness to build up indirect and withholding tax skills based on the Tax Expert knowledge of SAP’s Global Tax Function
• Develop and promote an IT mindset and upskill existing Global Tax Experts to help fostering an IT-mindset in SAP’s Global Tax Function

What you bring 

• University degree (or comparable) in business administration, accounting, tax, law or a related field
• Minimum of 9 years of working experience, ideally in an international audit/advisory/tax consulting firm or tax function of a multinational company, with strong focus on tax transformation and automation
• Professional qualifications such as Qualified Tax Advisor/Chartered Tax Consultant/Certified Public Accountant or comparable qualification are advantageous
• In-depth knowledge of indirect and withholding tax processes of a Global Tax Function
• Proficiency in IT solutions, particularly in digital process optimization and data models
• Familiarity with tax software, and preferably hands-on experience with SAP ERP systems (FI/CO, S/4HANA) and global tax management solutions
• Experience with project management tools like JIRA or similar tools
• An aptitude for learning and adapting to emerging cloud technologies
• Exposure to artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) technologies is advantageous, especially in automating and optimizing tax processes or leveraging data for analytics
• Ability to analyze processes and specify requirements, bridging gaps between departments such as Finance and IT
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills (innovative “solution seeker” rather than a “problem definer”)
• Team player with strong interpersonal, oral and written communication skills

Meet your team

Join SAP's Tax Technology Team and be a key player in the digital transformation of our Global Tax Function. Our mission is to enhance and modernize tax processes by leveraging cutting-edge SAP technology. We collaborate on developing and implementing innovative solutions to build an intelligent and future-ready tax function.

The Senior Indirect and Withholding Tax Technologist supports the ongoing digital transformation process of SAP’s Global Tax Function to automate and optimize its indirect and withholding tax processes with a focus on the standardization and automation of any compliance related responsibilities to ensure future readiness. The Senior Indirect Tax Technologist will be reporting to the Head of Tax Technology. This position does not include personnel responsibilities.

​Bring out your best

SAP innovations help more than four hundred thousand customers worldwide work together more efficiently and use business insight more effectively. Originally known for leadership in enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, SAP has evolved to become a market leader in end-to-end business application software and related services for database, analytics, intelligent technologies, and experience management. As a cloud company with two hundred million users and more than one hundred thousand employees worldwide, we are purpose-driven and future-focused, with a highly collaborative team ethic and commitment to personal development. Whether connecting global industries, people, or platforms, we help ensure every challenge gets the solution it deserves. At SAP, you can bring out your best.

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Requisition ID: 419616  | Work Area: Finance  | Expected Travel: 0 - 10%  | Career Status: Professional  | Employment Type: Regular Full Time   | Additional Locations: #LI-Hybrid.